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New selective-enrollment high school won’t bear Obama’s name
Thu, 09/18/2014 - 4:23pm

On Thursday Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that a $60 million selective-enrollment high school planned for the Goose Island area will not bear the name of President Barack Obama, as was previously announced.

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Emanuel moves to prevent excessive downtown signage
Wed, 09/17/2014 - 4:18pm

Responding to the June installation of controversial signage on the Trump International Hotel & Tower in River North, Mayor Rahm Emanuel next month plans to introduce an ordinance that would ensure other buildings along the Chicago River and throughout downtown remain free of similar signage.

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Emanuel defends 40-percent hike in city retiree health premiums
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 3:52pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood by his decision to raise health insurance premiums for about 25,000 retired city workers by about 40 percent in an attempt to provide $27 million in revenue for the city’s 2015 budget; “I said early on that we were gonna make the hard decisions which brought our structural deficit down by half so that we can make critical investments,” the mayor said

Rahm to Aramark: Clean up the schools or clean out your desks
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 3:50pm

Following complaints from Chicago Public Schools principals that Aramark, one of CPS’s custodial contractors, has done a poor job cleaning district buildings so far this school year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Aramark should “clean out the schools, or they can clean out their desks and get out”

Emanuel gives Cubs green light to break ground at Wrigley Field
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 3:49pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the Chicago Cubs are going to move forward with the organization’s planned $575 million redevelopment of Wrigley Field and the surrounding area; Project is expected to create 2,100 jobs

City, federal government to provide $5M to reduce veteran homelessness
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 3:47pm

On Tuesday the Emanuel administration announced the city would partner with federal agencies under a $5 million-a-year initiative to end veteran homelessness in Chicago by the end of 2015.

As part of its effort to end homelessness among veterans, the city will partner with the Chicago Housing Authority, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to the Mayor’s Office.

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A Bloomingdale Trail for Englewood? City moves to get train tracks for park
Mon, 09/15/2014 - 2:07pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed an ordinance last week under which the city and the Norfolk Southern railway company would swap Englewood land to allow for the city to develop a 1.7-mile-long bike and pedestrian trail; Norfolk Southern would obtain parcels near 63rd Street for a larger rail yard, and the city would get an unused, elevated railway by 59th Street between Wallace Street and Hoyne Avenue

Emanuel proposes expanding city curfew to include 17 year olds
Wed, 09/10/2014 - 3:55pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduced an ordinance to the City Council that would hold 17 year olds accountable to the city’s curfew law; City curfew only applies to minors 16 years old and younger, but Emanuel wants to bring it in line with the state curfew

Emanuel to expand IG's power to Public Building Commission
Tue, 09/09/2014 - 1:55pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to submit to the City Council on Wednesday an intergovernmental agreement that would grant city Inspector General Joe Ferguson oversight of the Public Building Commission; Emanuel also plans to introduce an amendment to an ordinance that would expand Ferguson’s authority over other local government bodies beyond city departments

Chicago radio legend Roy Leonard dead at 83
Fri, 09/05/2014 - 12:38pm

Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement on the death of Roy Leonard, the former host of “The Roy Leonard Show,” who passed away on Thursday; Emanuel said, “While the city has lost one of its great radio legends, his impact on the lives of those he interviewed, and most importantly, his avid listeners, remains”

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